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[CITE: 49USC30143]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
             SUBTITLE VI--MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVER PROGRAMS
 
                             PART A--GENERAL
 
                    CHAPTER 301--MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY
 
   SUBCHAPTER III--IMPORTING NONCOMPLYING MOTOR VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT
 
Sec. 30143. Motor vehicles imported by individuals employed 
        outside the United States
        
    (a) Definition.--In this section, ``assigned place of employment'' 
means--
        (1) the principal location at which an individual is permanently 
    or indefinitely assigned to work; and
        (2) for a member of the uniformed services, the individual's 
    permanent duty station.

    (b) General.--Section 30112(a) of this title does not apply to a 
motor vehicle imported for personal use, and not for resale, by an 
individual--
        (1) whose assigned place of employment was outside the United 
    States as of October 31, 1988, and who has not had an assigned place 
    of employment in the United States from that date through the date 
    the vehicle is imported into the United States;
        (2) who previously had not imported a motor vehicle into the 
    United States under this section or section 108(g) of the National 
    Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 or, before October 31, 
    1988, under section 108(b)(3) of that Act;
        (3) who acquired, or made a binding contract to acquire, the 
    vehicle before October 31, 1988;
        (4) who imported the vehicle into the United States not later 
    than October 31, 1992; and
        (5) who satisfies section 108(b)(3) of that Act as in effect on 
    October 30, 1988.

    (c) Certification.--Subsection (b) of this section is carried out by 
certification in the form the Secretary of Transportation or the 
Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 963.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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30143(a)..............................  15:1397(g) (3d, last             Sept. 
9, 1966, Pub. L. 89-563, 80 Stat.
                                         sentences).                      718, 
Sec.  108(g); added Oct. 31,
                                                                          1988,
 Pub. L. 100-562, Sec.  2(b), 102
                                                                          Stat.
 2823.
30143(b), (c).........................  15:1397(g) (1st, 2d sentences).
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    In subsection (b), before clause (1), the words ``(including a 
member of the uniformed services)'' are omitted as unnecessary because 
of the restatement. In clause (1), the words ``from that date through 
the date the vehicle is imported into the United States'' are 
substituted for ``that date and the date of entry of such motor 
vehicle'' for clarity and consistency in this chapter. In clause (2), 
the words ``under this section or section 108(g) of the National Traffic 
and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966'' are substituted for ``this 
subsection'' to preserve the exemption for motor vehicles imported under 
the source provisions between October 30, 1988, and the effective date 
of this restatement. In clause (4), the word ``imports'' is substituted 
for ``enters'' for clarity and consistency in this chapter. In clause 
(5) the word ``satisfies'' is substituted for ``meets the terms, 
conditions, and other requirements . . . under'' to eliminate 
unnecessary words.

                       References in Text

    Subsections (b)(3) and (g) of section 108 of the National Traffic 
and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), 
(5), are subsecs. (b)(3) and (g) of section 108 of Pub. L. 89-563, which 
were classified to subsecs. (b)(3) and (g), respectively, of section 
1397 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade, were repealed and reenacted in 
sections 30112(b)(1)-(3) and 30143, respectively, of this title by Pub. 
L. 103-272, Secs. 1(e), 7(b), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 945, 963, 1379.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 30112, 30142, 30165 of this 
title.
